#Benjamin Gaudreau

It's that time of year again! The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC) is nearly upon us. If it feels like it hasn't been that long since the last installment of this tournament, that's because the 2022 event was completed this past August after the original tournament was canceled last December. The 2023 WJC begins next Monday in host cities…

The rebuild - or at least retool - is finally on in San Jose it seems. This summer, the team jettisoned longtime pillar Brent Burns, changed GMs and seem committed to building out their prospect pool by coveting draft capital and young players. They still have a number of bad contracts on the books and their prospect pool is a long way from being…